Improvement in camp-stools



A. W. HART.

fiamp-Stool.

Patented Feb. 16,1875

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AMOS W. HART, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAMP-STOOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,752, dated February16, 1875,

application filed November 30, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos W. HART, of Washington city, District ofColumbia, have invented a new and Improved Camp-Stool; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a partof this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of thecampstool adjusted for use. Fig. 2 is a plan view, showing the devicefolded, and also the curved form of the legs. Fig. 3 represents,sectionally, the manner of attaching the seat piece or pieces to thelegs. Fig. 4 is a detail View of a modified form of connection betweenthe joint-bolt and one of the legs. Fig.5 represents a modification ofthe form and construction of the legs.

My invention is an improved substitute for the ordinary camp-stool,composed of three or more wooden legs, pivoted together at the center,and connected at the top by a flexible piece or straps, forming a seat.

The object is chiefly to provide a camp-stool which shall have all themerits of the old form without being cumbrous and inconvenient forcarrying in the hand, or transportation otherwise, on account of itssize.

The legs of my improved device are composed of small and light metalrods, connected at their middle by a peculiar form of joint, whichadapts them to fold together, so as to occupy the least possible space,and so curved and otherwise constructed in their upper portions as tosecure other advantages in attachment of the flexible seat piece orpieces, and accommodation thereof when folded, all as hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawing, the legs A A are pivoted together by a bolt, B, so as toturn one on the other, in the manner of the blades of shears. The otherleg, C, is pivoted to the eye or loop a of said bolt. The legs may beperforated to receive the shank of the bolt, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,or bent circularly to form an eye, 0, as shown in Fig. 5.

In place of perforating the leg C, it may have a slight bend or curve,0, at the center,

and be connected with eye of the bolt B, as shown in Fig. 4..

In any case, the leg C is adapted to move or turn laterally on the eyeof the bolt, and thus lie flat with, or alongside of, the two otherlegs, A A, as shown in Fig. 2.

To attach the seat D to the legs A A C, I reduce or form a nib on theupper ends thereof, and apply a perforated metal Washer, o, to one orboth sides of the fabric, and upset the nib to prevent the partsbecoming detached.

In place of the ordinary plain Washer 0, I may use a metal grommet, i,and, having tightly clamped the parts thereof upon the fabric, upset thenib, as before.

I prefer, however, not to upset one of the nibs, and thus leave onecorner of the seat detachable, which allows the latter to be folded intosomewhat smaller space. Thus attached by washers or grommets, theseat-piece has freedom to turn on the nibs, and adapt itself to fold indifferent ways.

WVhen the legs have an eye at the top, as shown in Fig. 5, a cord willbe used to attach the seat to them. i

The curve in the upper portion of the legs, Figs. 2 and 5, subserves thepurpose of inoreasin g to its practicablelimits the distance betweenthem when extended, thus correspondingly enlarging the seat. The curvealso provides a space between the upper ends of the legs, to receive theseat I) when the same are folded.

WVhat I claim is- 1. In a camp-stool, the combination of the eye orlooped joint-bolt B with the metal legs A A C, as shown and described.

2. In a camp-stool, the combination, with the eyebolt B and the legs AA, of the leg C, having a semicircular or curved bend, e, as shown anddescribed.

3. In a camp-stool, the metal legs, curved outward in their upperportions, and one of them swiveled so as to turn on its joint and lieflat alongside the others, except at the top, where an intervening spaceaccommodates the seat-piece, as shown and described.

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